Sunday, August 26, 2007

Allergies

Well, Ben had a bunch of allergy testing on Friday afternoon. He is allergic to almost everything. He is severely allergic to cats, dogs, guniea pigs, molds (tree molds), and dust mites. Our lives are about to completely change because of this. We have to send Henry to another home. The girls were sad at first and now they are trying to figure out what kind of pet they can have that Daddy won't be allergic to. After we get rid of Henry we have to have all our air ducts cleaned. Then I have to order special mattress and pillow encasings that keep dust mites out. I have to wash all our sheets once a week, more if possible, in hot water. I will have to do a serious, complete dusting job every week. Now, for those of you who are not aware, I hate dusting. I especially hate it with this house because we have wood floors everywhere and they are hard to keep dust free. They are hard to keep clean period. I hate them with a passion. Anyway, this all so annoying. I suppose the positive is that I should always have a really clean house.

3 comments:

craziness said...

argh! so sad to hear that. it'll probably be hard to keep allergy-free with carpets, though too. at least ben should be happier!

Lori said...

I am sorry you have to go through all this. I hope it makes a difference and that this isn't all for naught!

Colbert said...

You should just move to a new house in Mequon that has less dust. And get a maid that will do all that cleaning for you.